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    What Causes Convection Currents?

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    Mantle convection is caused by heat rising from the Earth's molten outer core, radioactive decay, and friction from tectonic plates. Warmer, less dense rock near the core rises upwards while cooler rock sinks down, creating convection cells in the mantle. This convection causes the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle and transfers heat from the interior to the surface.

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    What Causes Convection Currents?

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    Mantle convection is caused by heat rising from the Earth's molten outer core, radioactive decay, and friction from tectonic plates. Warmer, less dense rock near the core rises upwards while cooler rock sinks down, creating convection cells in the mantle. This convection causes the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle and transfers heat from the interior to the surface.

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    Mantle convection is caused by heat rising from the Earth's molten outer core, radioactive decay, and friction from tectonic plates. Warmer, less dense rock near the core rises upwards while cooler rock sinks down, creating convection cells in the mantle. This convection causes the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle and transfers heat from the interior to the surface.

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    What Causes Convection Currents?

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    Mantle convection is caused by heat rising from the Earth's molten outer core, radioactive decay, and friction from tectonic plates. Warmer, less dense rock near the core rises upwards while cooler rock sinks down, creating convection cells in the mantle. This convection causes the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle and transfers heat from the interior to the surface.

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    MANTLE MANTLE
    CONVECTION CONVECTION

    WHAT CAUSES
    CONVECTION
    CURRENTS?
    Heat in the mantle
    comes from the Earth's
    molten outer core,
    decay of radioactive NAME: Sebastian
    elements and, in the Mercado
    upper mantle, friction
    from descending SECTION: 10-J.PALMA
    tectonic plates. The
    warmer, less dense rock
    material near the core
    slowly moves upward.
    WHAT CAUSES HOW DOES CONVECTION
    CONVECTION CURRENTS CELLS WORK IN THE
    IN EARTH’S MANTLE MANTLE? WHAT IS MANTLE
    HEAT IN THE MANTLES CONVECTION?
    COMES FROM THE THE MANTLE I HEATED FROM
    EARTH’S MOLTEN BELOW (THE CORE), AND IN
    OUTER CORE, DECAY
    RADIOACTIVE AND AREAS THAT ARE HOTTER IT
    ELEMENTS AND, IN
    RISES UPWARDS (IT IS MANTLE CONVECTION IS
    THE UPPER MANTLE,
    THE VERY SLOW
    FRICTION FROM BUOYANT), WHEREAS IN
    DESCENDING CREEPING MOTION OF
    TECTONIC PLATES. AREAS THAT ARE COOLER IT
    EARTH'S SOLID SILICATE
    THE TEMPERATURE SINK. THIS SINK DOWN. THIS
    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANTLE CAUSED BY
    THE UPPER AND RESULT IN CONVECTION CONVECTION CURRENTS
    LOWER BOUNDARIES CELLS IN MANTLE, AND CARRYING HEAT FROM
    OF THE MANTLE
    REQUIRES HEAT PRODUCES HORIZONTAL THE INTERIOR TO THE
    TRANSFER TO OCCUR MOTION OF MANTLE PLANET'S SURFACE. THE

    MATERIALS THE CLOSE TO EARTH'S SURFACE
    EARTH SURFACE LITHOSPHERE RIDES
    ATOP THE
    ASTHENOSPHERE AND
    THE TWO FORM THE
    COMPONENTS OF THE
    UPPER MANTLE.

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